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| | Classifications | Forecasting time limit | Commonly used prediction content | Common predictive keywords |
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| Short-medium term forecast | Now casting | 1–6 hours | Strong weather with hourly rate of change | Hourly changes of rain, snow, strong wind and hail |
| Rain, snow, strong wind, and hail | Hourly changes of air pollution component |
| Short term forecast | 24–72 hours | 24 hours typhoon and rainstorm | Daily changes of typhoon, cyclone, and rainfall situations |
| Visibility and air quality | Daily changes of main air pollution component |
| Medium term forecast | 5–7 hours | Rainy bands, tropical, or temperate cyclones | Typhoon, cyclone, and rainfall |
| The impact of moving | Air quality |
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| Long-term forecast | Monthly forecast | 1–3 months | Temperature, humidity, and rainfall | Temperature, humidity, and rainfall |
| Or 3–6 months | Drought, floods, and air quality | Monthly forecast and air quality |
| Seasonal forecast | Yearly forecast (winter and summer) | Rainy season, dry season, winter, and summer | Rainy season, dry season, winter, and summer |
| 1-2 years (winter and summer) | The establishment and turning of the monsoon changes | Forecast of the monsoon establishment date |
| Yearly forecast | 1–5 years | Cold, warm. drought, and flood trends | Cold, warm, drought, and flood trends |
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| Forecast trends in climate | Short-term trends in climate change | 5–10 years | Temperature humidity and rainfall | Anomaly corresponds to in 10 years average of temperature humidity and rainfall |
| Forecast trends in climate change | >10 years | Ten-year trend of meteorological elements | Anomaly corresponds to in 50 years average of temperature humidity and rainfall |
| Ultra-long-term climate predictions | Forecasting trends over a hundred years (century) | Change trends of temperature humidity and rainfall over a century | Anomaly corresponds to a hundred-years average of air temperature |
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